Improvement in churns



W. MA-GEE. Churn.

No. 203,170. Patented April 30, 1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIon.

WILLIAM MAGEE, OF FOWLERS, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO DAVID C. POGUE, OF PATTERSONS MILLS, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 203,170,dated April30, 1878; application filed February 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MAGEE, of Fowlers, in the county of Brooke,and in the State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vibratory Ohurns; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description- 'and use the same, Iwill now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referringto the annexed drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of mychurn. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the churn-body. A represents abed-frame, of any suitable construction, upon which are two central ver'tical standards, B B, having their upper ends connected by a cross-bar,O. A suitable distance below this crossbar, in the standards B B, isjournaled a cross-bar, D, from which depend two arms, D D, having aplatform, D secured between their lower ends.

E represents the churn-box, made in square tapering form, as shown, andplaced upon the swing-platform D between the arms D D where it is heldin place by means of a strap,

F, passing through mortises in said arms.

G is the churn-dasher, consisting simply of a perforated board, andsecured in the center to the lower end of a bar, H, which is curvedsubstantially in the form shown, and passes upward through an elongatedslot, a, in the cover I of the churn. The upper end of the bar or rod His pivoted in a forked arm, L, projecting from the center of thecrossbar O:

Kis arod attached to the lower portion of the swing, and by means ofwhich said swing, with the churn thereon, is operated back and forth.This swinging of the churn causes the dasher to travel through the milk,and the milk thus obtains a double agitation.

The stroke of the dasher may be made long or short, as desired, bychanging the pivot of the rod H in the forked arm.L out or in from thecross-bar C, said arm being perforated for that purpose. I

When the churn is not in use the rod K is .raised and fastened in ahook, b, on the crossbar 0.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

v The arrangement of the axis or point of sus pension of the dasher-rodat some distance outside of a vertical plane passing through the centerof the swinging churn-body when the latter is in equilibrium,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this29th day of January, 1878.

WILLIAM MAGEE.

Witnesses .7

ALVAN DONNAN, DAVID C. POGUE.

